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Scent flask
Scent flask, blue lead glass, flat oval shaped form, the whole of exterior surface cut into diamond-shaped facets, to one end a short cylindrical neck in the mouth of which fits a glass stopper with faceted finial which is now firmly wedged into place, over this fits a cylindrical domed screw-on gilt-metal cover; decorated in gilt with to either side of the body a classical urn enclosed by a wreath of ribbon-tied flowers, the finial on the stopper picked out in gilt, the gilt decoration now slightly worn.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 51031
Acquisition
Gift, 24/12/1968
Given by A.R. Llewellin-Taylour
Measurements
Height
(cm): 16.5
Length
(cm): 7.8
Width
(cm): 1.9
Height
(in): 6
Length
(in): 3
Width
(in): 12
Techniques
blown
forming
Applied Art
manipulated
forming
Applied Art
cut
decoration
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
lead glass
metal oxides
gilding
gilt
Location
In store
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